Show I I The Story of Our Om Faculty BY J. J T T. r I 1 Note This is the tho second of ot a a. series of or articles As time passes It will bo bothe bothe bothe the aim of ot the writer to acquaint the reader with tho the moro Important events in tho lives of ot tho the various faculty members It is intended t that at tho the articles will bo be inspirational as aswell aswell well as Informative XO NO 2 2 JOSEPH Years and years ago tho the leading citizen of or the hamlet of or Richmond Cacho county tho the lat late Marrinor Marriner V. W. Merrill Invited Miss 1 Ida who had previously been a leading t teacher teach teach- achor ach- ach er or at the tho B B. B Y College at Logan to open a school in that vIcinity Under her direction was developed that in inborn inborn in- in born Merrill 1 trait which has made mado tho the Merrill i boys bos famous in fn the scholastic scholastic scho- scho lastic world namely thoroughness Tho The college graduate of ot Utah has haft oc occasion occasion oc oc- casion caslon to know something of ot that Merrill trait The A. A C C. U U. has had three Merrill boys on its faculty at atone ono one time or another at present two Merrill boys are deans at tho the B B. B Y U ul UI uland and tho the U. U of ot U U- has had hall as a faculty member for nearly thirty years Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Francis Merrill l II Dello in Scholarship Tho The Merrills 1 certainly possess thor thor- It Is 19 reported that tho younger dean at nt the tho B B. B Y U. U while a student at an eastern University was once visited by a friend from Crom Utah who watched him at work in the tho labora laborn tory The Tho visitor remarked I thought you studied at tho the U. U A A. A C C. Ho lie answered I 1 did and got my crud cred It but I am going all over it a again aln alnas as I want the knowledge Our director director director tor Merrill l told me that In 1889 when ho he graduated from the tho University of ot Deseret and anel decided to become a teacher he re resoled oled to get got the best belt training American Institutions could give him In accordance with this thin determination he entered the University University Uni Uni- of ot Michigan graduating in hi 1893 His typo of ot work gained aln d him Mm Mma a a. fellowship in the tho Johns Hopkins University the the highest honor given a student at Americas America's strictest t tion During tho the time sp spent nt at Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins he ho wrote two acceptable theses for the degree of ot doctor of or phy Ono One was written a year before the required room class work had been completed Tho other even better better bet bet- ter than tho the first was tho result of ot otan an original research He was awarded award award- ed ad the Ph D D. D degree in 1899 sharing tho the honor with Dr of 0 being tho the first Utahn to receive such a a. degree de de- greo gree for tor resident work In all Dr Merrill spent eight years in fn collego college and completed nine nino years ears work Two summers wore were spent at Cornell and three summers at Chicago Began Degan at U Dr Merrills Merrill's entire t teaching career has haa boon spent apont ont at tho the University of or Utah Ho He began as an assistant professor professor pro pro- fessor of at chemistry in 1893 Tho The next net year he was shifted to tho the physics department de de- department department de- de with tho the same Barno rank In 1897 i j iho he ho became professor of ot physics and I physical chemistry and principal of or tho the School of ot Mines In 1904 tho the was changed to Director State School of ot Mines and in 1916 the tho division became tho the School of ot Mines and Engineering En En- The Metallurgical Research Dept is his campus monument not excepting excepting except except- ing tho School of ot Mines and EngineerinG Engineering Engi Engi- whoso whose guiding spirit ho he has boon for tor twenty years yearn Establishes Fund His recent 2000 gift cUt of seven Boven per percent percent cent cont securities to establish a a. loan fund to aid worthy students shows his real character Ho lIe has lUls always mado made friends of or and been interested in his students For cloven eleven years year he was wasa a member of ot and for tor seven years cars chairman of ot the Athletic Council No school displays the tho same spirit in evi evi- donee at the tho Mines buildIng However he has hag not restricted himself him self sel to campus activities He is 19 a member of ot numerous scientific societies soci being a Fellow of ot tho the American Institute of or Electrical Engineering and of ot tho the American Physical Society etc He lIe was a charter mcm member r of tho the Utah Society of at Engineers and three times a a. president of or tho hod body and Isnow is isnow isnow now one of tho the members on tho Engineering Council He Ho has con con- to tho the Physical Review Tho The Journal of ot Electricity Tho The Salt Lako Lake Mining Review and local magazines Somo Some of Utah's most constructive legIslation legislation leg leg- has como come from his pen As has been noted Dr Merrill l has been boen thorough in everything Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more ho expects everyone else elso to be Just as thorough H has repeatedly said Success in fn study is only a 0 matter matter matter mat mat- ter of will wili power and There Thero is no need of ot any student failing falling falling fall fail ing in his work and ho he who fails lacks an an essential quality of success in fn life |